Julie Payette Quotes

I don't want to be known as an unprofessional actor. There was a time I was considered unprofessional, to a certain extent. I was very uncomfortable about that.

I've definitely done things to change my behaviour. There are certain things you can't do when you get to a certain level in what you do. When it gets to a certain time, you're a story to somebody. It is something I have taken on board.

The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.

Continue to study and learn new skills.

I just try and do the best with every role I get to do. Hopefully the experience in itself is a good experience and people will want to work with me.

The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don't need them to know about you - you need them to know about your work.

I still take acting, singing, and dance classes. I think no matter where you go in your career, you can always learn more and better yourself.

The normal 21-year-old doesn't have to worry about their night out being put on TMZ.

It's part of the celebrity process but my life has never been as interesting or as wild as what's been printed about me.

When I was a waiter, I wanted to be the best waiter I could be and worked to be better at it every day.

Actors should avoid talking about their personal lives.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

You become very known for being someone's girlfriend, and all of a sudden there's all this hype and buzz for all the wrong reasons.

I really don't like people that go on about getting followed around, I don't like it - there are people in the industry that don't want to take everything that comes with it. I take it all.

Don't you think it astonishing that, at 58, I am still working at improving my career?

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

I would never be on a reality show.

All of my career has been an attempt to educate myself and get paid for it.

I'm lucky to be in a profession where you can keep getting better.

I don't want to have anything to do with that: just the fame without personal respect for your privacy.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

Fame... it's been a challenge, let's put it that way. It's a privilege and a responsibility, and I'm not sure I carried the responsibility well at times, which is embarrassing. And I've had to look and be disappointed in myself occasionally for how I behaved in some circumstances.

I can't be a creative person if I'm a celebrity.

I think one of the greatest advantages we had on the show growing up was being exposed to Mr. Cosby - being exposed to his work ethic, being exposed to how he handles the job of celebrity and living in the public eye... I think that all had a real significant impact.